2 l2 ping generation – CANOGA PERKINS 9145E NID Software Version 4.10 User Manual

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9145E NID Software User’s Manual

Diagnostics

VLAN Loopback

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Figure 4-8 VLAN Loopback Statistics screen

4.4.2 L2 Ping Generation

To set up the L2 Ping generator, type 3 and press Enter. The L2 Ping Generator screen (Figure
4-9) opens.

To run the test, type 13 and press Enter. The following statistics are provided:

Destination MAC Address MAC address that the LBMs will be sent to.

VLAN ID VLAN ID to be put in the LBM.

VLAN Priority Priority to be put in VLAN tag.

Ethertype Ethertype to be put in the LBM.

MD Level MD level to be put in the LBM.

Egress Port Port that the LBMs will be sent out.

Frame Count Number of LBMs to be sent out.

Frame Size Frame size of the LBM to be built, excluding 4 bytes CRC.

Frame Interval Time interval between two LBMs to be sent out. 0-500 in 10 ms intervals may be
specified. 0 indicates as fast as possible.

Frame Format Frame to be sent out in IEEE 802.3 or LLC SNAP format.

Start L2 Ping Start to send out the LBM and verify the responses. The status will be shown. You
may stop the testing by entering the ESC key.

After starting a Layer 2 Ping, the following statistics will appear on the bottom half of the screen:

Canoga Perkins Corp. Ethernet Network Interface Device 29-JAN-2009
9145E-101-1-0 V04.10 11:20:59
-----------------------VLAN LOOPBACK STATISTICS (CURRENT)-----------------------

User Port Net Port

LBM Transmitted: 0 0
LBM Received: 0 0
LBM Mismatched: 0 0
LBR Transmitted: 0 0
LBR Received: 0 0
LBR Out Of Sequence: 0 0
LBR Unexpected: 0 0

Enter Control-R to Clear, Control-T to Raw Counter, ESC to Exit:


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